Setting and operating mechanism for fare-registers.



J. F. OHMER &'W. S. HEATON. SETTING AND OPERATING MECHANISM FOR FAREREGISTERS.

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JOHN F. OHMER, OF DAYTON, OHIO, riND WALTERS. HEATON, OF LOS ANGELES,CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNORS TO OHMER FARE REGISTER 00., OF ROCHESTER, NEWYORK;

SETTING AND OPERATING MECHANISM FOR FARE REG-ISTERS;

Application filed December 17, 1906.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

Serial No. 348,362.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN F. OHMER and VALTER S. HEATON, citizens of theUnited States, residing, respectively, at Dayton, in the county ofMontgomery and State of Ohio, and at Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles,State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Setting and Operating Mechanism for Fare-Registers; and we do declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in setting and operatingmechanism for fare registers, and comprises the mechanism hereinafterdescribed and claimed, whereby a positive connection is effected betweenthe setting devices of the operating mechanism and the fare indicator,which enables the relative movements of said setting devices and saidfare indicator devices to be accurate and positive.

In the annexed drawings,Figure 1, is a front elevation of the settingand operating devices. Fig. 2, is an elevation of the fare indicatorwhich is exterior to and separate from the setting and operatingdevices. Fig. 3, is a view in section on the line tt of Fig. 1, showingalso certain features of the register mechanism which is affected by thesetting and operating devices. Fig. 4, is a view of the reverse side ofthe fare indicator shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 5, is a detail of thehorizontal slide or'carriage, and the vertical slide of the setting andoperating devices.

In a detail description of the invention, similar reference charactersindicate corresponding parts.

1 designates one of the actuating members for a bank of counters 3 whichcount the fares and which are operated from said memher 1 through thearm 2, the ratchet pawl 4 and the ratchet wheel 5 in a well knownmanner, said operating member 1 moving vertically in guides 6 located oneach side thereof. Each of said actuating members has a lug 7 projectedfrom the rear thereof and by which it is lifted in the registration offares upon the counters. The means for lifting any one of the actuatingmembers 1 consists of a vertical slide 8 which has a laterally extendedarm 9 which is movable below any of the lugs 7; this vertical slide 8 isguided in its movements vertically by a carriage 10 in which it issupported; the carriage 10 is movable horizontally on a stationary bar11 in the rear thereof and which is a fixed portion of the frame 12,said frame 12 being itself stationary.

The vertical slide 8 is raised and lowered by means of a main operatingslide 13 which moves in vertical guides 14 fixed to the frame 12 andwhich has a horizontal slot 15 through which the arm 9 of the slide 8projects. In the horizontal movements of the carriage 10, the arm 9moves therewith in the slot 15, and when said carriage is moved to thedesired point to bring the vertical slide 8 in an operative positionwith the lug 7 of a selected actuating member 1, the main operatingslide 13 is elevated to impart the necessary movement to the selectedoperating member 1 to register the desired fare upon the counters. Themovement is imparted to the main operating slide 13 through either oneof two operating levers 16 which are drawn upon by ropes or connections17 extending out into the car at suitable points. The levers 16 haveextended arms 18 which are suitably connected to an upper extension 19of the main operating slide 13. The carriage 10 is movable horizontallyupon its supporting track 11 through a pitman 21 which is pivotallyconnected to an ear projecting from either side of said carriage; theouter end of said pitman is connected to the upper end of a crank arm 23in the rear of the indicator dial 22 upon the front face of which thefares are indicated; the crank arm 23 is fixed to a setting rod 24 whichextends into the car and is operated by hand to set a pointer 25 to thedesired fare upon the dial, and to concurrently move the carriage 10 tobring the slide 8 to the desired point to register the fare indicated.The pointer 25 is fixed to the setting rod 24 parallel with the crankarm. Carried upon the rear side of the carriage 10 is a jumping cam orroller 26 which rides in and out of recesses 27 in a track 28 in therear of the track 11; this roller 26 serves as a suitable stop to arrestthe carriage at the desired point and to maintain it there until thenext operation, said carriage being held in contact with the track 28 bymeans of a spring surrounding a stem 29 projecting from said roller.

We claim:

1. In setting and operating mechanism for fare registers, thecombination of a carriage, a slide supported thereon and movable withthe carriage, said slide being movable both horizontally and vertically,a setting rod, a fare dial, a pointer on said setting rod movable to theindications on the dial, and a pitman connected with said setting rodand the carriage and whereby the same relative movement is imparted tothe carriage and to the fare pointer in the rotations of the settingrod.

2. In setting and operating mechanism for fare registers, thecombination with a carriage, a slide supported thereon and movable withsaid carriage, said slide being movable both horizontally andvertically, a setting rod, a fare dial, a pointer on said setting rodmovable to the indications on the dial, a crank arm on said setting rodin line with the pointer, and a pitman connecting the crank arm with thecarriage.

3. In setting and operating mechanism for fare registers, thecombination with a fare counter, an actuating member therefor, ahorizontally-movable carriage, a horizontally and vertically movablemember carried thereon and adapted to be brought into operative relationwith the actuating member of the fare counter, a main operating memberadapted to actuate said slidable member to register upon the counters, adial with fare indications thereon, a setting rod in line with the axisof the fare dial, a pointer fixed to said setting rod, a crank arm fixedto said setting rod in line with the pointer, and a pitman extendingbetween and connected to the crank arm and the carriage.

e 4. In setting and operating mechanism for fare registers, thecombination with a fare counter, an actuating member therefor, ahorizontally-movable carriage, a horizontally and vertically movablemember carried thereon and adapted to be brought into operative relationwith the actuating mem ber of the fare counter, a main operating memberadapted to actuate said slidable member to register upon the counters, adial with fare indications thereon, a setting rod in line with the axisof the dial, a pointer fixed to said setting rod, a crank arm fixed tothe setting rod in line with the pointer, a pitman extending between andconnected to the crank arm and the carriage, and means for arresting themovements of the carriage imparted thereto from the setting rod throughthe crank arm and pitman.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in the presence of twowitnesses. JOHN F. OHMER. WALTER S. HEATON. Witnesses to the signatureof John F. Ohmer:

C. M. THEOBALD, MATTHEW SIEBLER. Witnesses to the signature of alter S.vI-Ieaton:

F. N. SUFFIELD, Jr., H. M. GRAY.

